All posts tagged "marriage equality"
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Barack Obama comments on the passage of Hawaii’s same-sex marriage bill
“Whenever freedom and equality are affirmed, our country becomes stronger. By giving loving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry if they choose, Hawaii...
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Hawaii lawmakers vote to legalize same-sex marriage
The Hawaii state Senate voted 19-4 Tuesday to recognize same-sex couples’ right to marry, all but legalizing marriage equality in the Aloha State. The Hawaii...
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Ireland’s PM pushes for a referendum on marriage equality
“We hope that the Irish Churches will embrace the message of inclusion, which is shared by many Christians, and will not oppose the extension of...
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Obama applauds passage of same-sex marriage in Illinois
President Barack Obama said in a statement he and first lady Michelle Obama are “overjoyed” by the Illinois General Assembly’s approval of marriage-equality legislation Monday....
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Illinois to become 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage
Illinois is poised to become the 15th state, plus D.C., to recognize the right of same-sex couples to marry after a critical vote in the...
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National Organization for Marriage pleads for last-minute Cuccinelli support
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a primary group leading the opposition to marriage equality, is going all in for Ken Cuccinelli with a week...
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NOM airs anti-equality marriage advert in Hawaii
As Hawaii moves towards same-sex marriage becoming a legal possibility, with lawmakers convening for a special session this week to debate a bill that would...
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Tom Ridge torpedoes tea party era at Log Cabin dinner
Tom Ridge lit into the modern-day Republican Party in a fiery speech Wednesday night that called for the GOP to embrace inclusion or face indefinite...
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Chris Christie’s gay rights gamble
There are multiple reasons why social conservatives have never quite warmed to Chris Christie. On Monday, he gave them another. After vowing to challenge the...
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Lawsuit filed challenging Tennessee same-sex marriage ban
The same day New Jersey became the 14th state, plus D.C., to recognize same-sex couples’ right to marry, advocates in Tennessee filed the latest in...
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Christie drops appeal of New Jersey gay-marriage ruling
Hours after same-sex couples began marrying in New Jersey, shortly after midnight on Monday, Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced he would abandon his fight over...
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New Jersey Supreme Court rules same-sex marriages to begin Oct. 21
Same-sex weddings will begin in New Jersey Oct. 21, the state’s highest court ruled Friday in a decision that refused to delay a lower court’s...
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At Values Voter Summit, signs of a morphing Republican Party
There was no surer sign that even the most conservative wings of the Republican Party are aware change is afoot in the United States than...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett equates marriage equality to incest
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett compared same-sex marriage to incest during a Friday interview, drawing outrage from national LGBT-rights organizations. Appearing on WHP-TV in Harrisburg, the...
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Pennsylvania state legislators to introduce gay-marriage bill in House
Two Pennsylvania state representatives announced at a Thursday press conference that they plan to introduce a marriage-equality bill in the General Assembly’s lower chamber that...
